Telegram-herald., 1887-10-24

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the colal1x q The tay, snd i VII come Be-
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Yissd alsissseIles. a1l If you laks the prerag-
( ton u lie A. CO your hack iriga .ai night
mare Why uol put bound - your sIaifnosi-
- Way let goaR foes come into the s>slctitiss
of your doT1litoryf Nhy let those slaRderers
Who hAss elrs.1y toru youF reputation 10
/ pieces or injured your business. bead over
E your midal ght pillow ana drive from you one
1 OF the greatsst blessings that God can offer
sweet, refreshing, all inyisorztlng sioepf
Why not fence out your eaenlies by the
golden bars of the snnseti Why not stand
behind the b1rricade OF evening cloud And
say 10 them: Thus Tar aud no farther'
+ Many alan ami many woman Is having
/ the health Of body as well ~ the health of
F., soul eaten away by moievoient spirit 1
have IA tifae u religious awakening had per-
soas night Et5er night come into the inquiry
I room and set no peace of soal After
while / have bluntly asked her. Is there
not SOME one against whom you have
/ hatred that you are not 'ssiling 10 give upF
/ After little conflIzioa she has slightly
I whispered, ',Nes" Then said 10 her: You
4 viii never find peace with God as long as
YOU retain tt1.. virulence.R
Again. We ought not 10 allow the sun set
before forgiveness takes place. because we
might not live 10 see another day. And what
, IL wo should be ushered into the presence Of
our Maker with IA grudge upon our soul. The
majority OF people depart this life IN the
night Between IL o'clock ?. m. and o'clock
a. M there Is something in the atmosphere
which rliax the grip which the body has ON
the soul, and most of people enter the next
world through the shadows of this world.
Perhaps God may have arranged il in
| that way 50 as 20 make the con-
tras the moro glorious. have seen
sinshiny days in this world that must have
been almost Ike the radiance Of heaven. But
as most people leave the earth between sun
down and slrllrisc, they quit this world at its
/ darkest, and heaven, always bright, will DO
I the brighter for that contrast. ont Of black
ness into irradiatiOn. Shall we then leap over
the roseate bank of sunset into the favorite
/ hunting ground Of disease and death, carry
ing our animosities with us' Who would
want to confront his God, against
whom we have all done mcaner things
than anybody has ever done against
US. carrying old grudges' How can we ex-
pect his forgiveness for the greater when we
are not willing to- forgive others the lessl
Napoleon was encouraged 10 undertake the
crossing Of the Alps because Charlemagne
had previously crossed them And all this
rugged path of forgiveness bears the bleeding
! footsteps of him who conquered through
suffering, and we ought to be willing to fol-
low. On the night of our departure from
this life into the next, our one plea will have
| 10 be for mercy, and il Will have TO be
! CIeTeu IN TIC DtCStICt VI IliD WHO ItiS
said: ''If You forgive not men their tres
passes neither will your heavenly Father for
give your trespassesn What a sorry plight
il we stand there hating this one and hating
that one, and wi<hing this ono a damage. and
wishing some one else calamity, and we
ourselves seiing forgiveness for 10,000 times
10000 obhquities OF heart and life. When
our last hour comes. we want it TO find us ell
right Hardly anything affects me so much
in the uncovering OF ancient Pompeii Us the
account Of tho soldier who, after the city had
for many centuries been covered with the
ashes and scorie of Vesuvius was found
standing in bis place on guard, hand on spear
and helmet on head Others fed at the awful
submerge,nent, but tho explorer, 100 years
efter, found the body Of that bravo fellow in
right position. And it will be grand thing
IT, when our last moment cornes, we arc
found in night position toward the world, as
well rs in right position toward God, on
guard ard unaTrishted by the ashes from the
mountain OF death. do not suppose that
am any more Of a coward than most people,
hut declare TO you that would not dare 70
sleep tonight II there were any being in all
the earth with whom | would not gladly
shake hands, lest, during the night hours,
my spirit dismissed to other realms. | should,
because of my unforgiving spirit, he denied
divine forgiveness
Mahomet saidi ''The sword is the key OF
heaven aud he'll, a drop Of blood she'd is bet
ter than fasting. ani wounds in the day II
Judgment resplcndont as vcrmilion, and odor-
ferrous as musk But, my hearers, IA the
last day We viii find just the opposite oi
that to he true, and that the sword never un-
locks heaven. and that be who heals wounds
Is greater than he who makes them, and that
on the same ring are two KEYS: Gods for
givensss n us and orr forgiveness of enemies,
ard these two KEYS unlock Paradise
And now wish for ali os you a beautiful
sunset IN your earthly existence With some
Of you it has been a long day Il trouble, and
with others of YOU it vii be far from chin.
" hen tie SIN roSe st 8 O'Clock it was the
morning of youth. and a fair day was
pTophesied. but by the time the monday Of
mid iifo hed come and the clock ~ your
earthly existence had struck I2. cloud racks
gathered and tempest beloved IN the track
Of tenpest. But as tae evening q old ags
approaches 7 prs7 6fod the skies nav brighten
ard the clouds he piled up into pillars as
q celestial Svnples . whish Jon 60. or
move as with mounted cohorts corae 70 take
you home, And as Sou stink cut q sight be-
low the horizon nav there be radiaacs
of Christian example lingering long after
| you are gore. aud en tie heavens he writ
ten Ia letters q sapphire. srd On tae waters
in hefters ef ogal ard on he hills il lefters II
emerald. "rhv san shall TO more g down.
neither stail fhv moon withdraw nself far
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